USPTO Patents Application 10787073

FILED ELECTRONICALLY

PATENT APPLICATION
Docket No.: 16497.1.1.2.1

Art Unit
3773

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
In re application of

Michael T. Carley, et al.

Serial No.: 10/787,073

Filed: February 24, 2004

Confirmation No.: 9513

For: CLOSURE DEVICE

Examiner: Melanie Ruano Tyson

Customer No.: 057360

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.97

VIA eFILE IDS
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Dear Sir:

Please find, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(1), the enclosed Form PTO-1449 which
contains a list of all patents, publications, or other items that have come to the attention of one or
more of the individuals designated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(c). Please also find the enclosed
Prosecution Correspondence from Related Cases, which includes a list of applications and
prosecution correspondence associated with those applications that may be related to the present
application. While no representation is made that any of these references may be "prior art"
within the meaning of that term under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 or 103, the enclosed list of references is
disclosed so as to fully comply with the duty of disclosure set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56.

Moreover, while no representation is made that a specific search of office files or patent
office records has been conducted or that no better art exists, the undersigned attorney of record
believes that the enclosed art is the closest to the claimed invention (taken in its entirety) of
which the undersigned is presently aware, and no art which is closer to the claimed invention
(taken in its entirety) has been knowingly withheld.

Please credit any over payment or charge any additional fees to Deposit Account No. 23-
3178 of the undersigned.

Dated this 24 th day of January, 2008.

Respectfully submitted,

/Fraser D. Roy. Reg.# 45666/
FRASER D. ROY
Registration No.: 45,666
Attorney for Applicant
Customer No. 057360

FDR:PNT

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